Siege of Tottori

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Tottori
partof=the Sengoku period


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date=May 1581
place=Tottori Castle, in present-day Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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territory=Castle falls to Toyotomi Hideyoshi
result=Siege succeeds
combatant1=forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
combatant2=forces of Kikkawa Tsuneie
commander1=Toyotomi Hideyoshi
commander2=Kikkawa Tsuneie
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=
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The siege of Tottori castle in 1581 is one of the few in which starvation tactics were used to a successful completion of the siege. The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi cut the castle's supplies and surrounded it for 200 days. The siege ended when the lord of the castle, Kikkawa Tsuneie, surrendered and committed suicide.

References

*citebook|last=Turnbull|first=Stephen|year=1998|title=The Samurai Sourcebook|publisher=London: Cassell & Co